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Report on Sutro Tunnel with 12 maps 1872

Title: Report of the Commissioners and Evidence Taken by the Committee on Mines and Mining of the House of Representatives of the United States, in Regard to the Sutro Tunnel, together with the Arguments and Report of the Committee, Recommending a Loan by the Government in Aid of the Construction of Said Work
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Description: [4], 450 pp. Illustrated with 12 folding maps, charts & plans, most lithographed in color. 9x5½, original gilt-lettered & stamped green cloth (with gilt design of a miner), all edges gilt.Arguments surrounding the issuance of a federal loan to aid in the construction of the Sutro Tunnel; in addition, the work gives a discussion of its feasibility, cost, construction time, benefits to the mines, etc. The color lithographed plans show the layouts of the mines, the proposed tunnel, cross-sections, etc.
Heading: (Sutro Tunnel)Place Published: Washington
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Date Published: 1872